STATE OF MICHIGAN
Journal of the Senate
101st Legislature
REGULAR SESSION OF 2022
Senate Chamber, Lansing, Tuesday, March 15, 2022.
10:00 a.m.
The Senate was called to order by the Assistant President pro tempore, Senator Lana Theis.
The roll was called by the Secretary of the Senate, who announced that a quorum was present.
Alexander—present Horn—present Polehanki—present
Ananich—present Huizenga—present Runestad—present
Barrett—present Irwin—present Santana—present
Bayer—present Johnson—present Schmidt—present
Bizon—present LaSata—present Shirkey—present
Brinks—present Lauwers—present Stamas—present
Bullock—present MacDonald—present Theis—present
Bumstead—present McBroom—present VanderWall—present
Chang—present McCann—present Victory—present
Daley—present McMorrow—present Wojno—present
Geiss—present Moss—present Wozniak—present
Hertel—present Nesbitt—present Zorn—present
Hollier—present Outman—present
Senator Rick Outman of the 33rd District offered the following invocation:
Father, I ask for prayers for the people in Ukraine and Russia; but also let’s not forget that there are many other people in many other nations who are oppressed, who are living in abject poverty, and who are suffering terribly. Please Father, hear our prayers for them as well.
Father, as we go about our day and the tasks laid before us, help us to look for the wisdom to carry them out. Help us to put the needs of the people of this state above partisan politics. Help us to come together to solve the myriad problems and issues facing this state.
Father, also help us to remember to be thankful for the many blessings You have bestowed upon this state and this nation. Please continue to bless us and please continue to guide us.
We pray all this in the name of Your Son, Jesus. Amen.
The Assistant President pro tempore, Senator Theis, led the members of the Senate in recital of the Pledge of Allegiance.
The President, Lieutenant Governor Gilchrist, assumed the Chair.
Senators Runestad and Moss entered the Senate Chamber.
Motions and Communications
Senator Chang moved that Senator Hollier be temporarily excused from today’s session.
The motion prevailed.
The following communication was received and read:
Office of the Auditor General
March 11, 2022
Enclosed is a copy of the following report:
• Performance audit report on the Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Client Eligibility Determinations, Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (391-0710-19).
Sincerely,
Doug Ringler
Auditor General
The audit report was referred to the Committee on Oversight.
The following communications were received:
Department of State
Administrative Rules
Notices of Filing
February 1, 2022
In accordance with the requirements of Section 46 of Act No. 306 of the Public Acts of 1969, being MCL 24.246, and paragraph 16 of Executive Order 1995-6, this is to advise you that the Michigan Office of Administrative Hearings and Rules filed Administrative Rule #2019-059-LR (Secretary of State Filing #22‑02-01) on this date at 10:40 a.m. for the Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs entitled, “Gas Safety.”
These rules become effective immediately upon filing with the Secretary of State unless adopted under section 33, 44, or 45a(9) or 48 of the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.233, 24.244, 24.245a, or 24.248a. Rules adopted under these sections become effective 7 days after filing with the Secretary of State.
February 1, 2022
In accordance with the requirements of Section 46 of Act No. 306 of the Public Acts of 1969, being MCL 24.246, and paragraph 16 of Executive Order 1995-6, this is to advise you that the Michigan Office of Administrative Hearings and Rules filed Administrative Rule #2021-101-LR (Secretary of State Filing #22‑02-02) on this date at 11:10 a.m. for the Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs entitled, “Construction Codes – Part 5. Residential Code.”
These rules take effect
immediately upon filing with the Secretary of State unless adopted under
section 33, 44, or 45a(9) of the administrative procedures act of 1969,
1969 PA 306, MCL 24.233, 24.244, or 24.245a. Rules adopted under these sections
become effective 7 days after filing with the Secretary of State.
February 15, 2022
In accordance with the provisions of Section 46 of Act No. 306 of the Public Acts of 1969, being MCL 24.246, and paragraph 16 of Executive Order 1995-6, this is to advise you that the Michigan Office of Administrative Hearings and Rules filed Administrative Rule #2020-130-EQ (Secretary of State Filing #22‑02-03) on this date at 11:31 a.m. for the Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy entitled, “Environmental Contamination Response Activity.”
These rules take effect within 7 days upon filing with the Secretary of State unless adopted under section 33, 44, or 45a(9) of the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.233, 24.244, or 24.245a. Rules adopted under these sections become effective 7 days after filing with the Secretary of State.
February 15, 2022
In accordance with the requirements of Section 46 of Act No. 306 of the Public Acts of 1969, being MCL 24.246, and paragraph 16 of Executive Order 1995-6, this is to advise you that the Michigan Office of Administrative Hearings and Rules filed Administrative Rule #2020-104-TY (Secretary of State Filing #22‑02-04) on this date at 1:51 p.m. for the Department of Treasury entitled, “School Bond Qualification, Approval, and Loan Rules.”
These rules take effect immediately upon filing with the Secretary of State unless adopted under section 33, 44, or 45a(9) of the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.233, 24.244, or 24.245a. Rules adopted under these sections become effective 7 days after filing with the Secretary of State.
February 15, 2022
In accordance with the requirements of Section 46 of Act No. 306 of the Public Acts of 1969, being MCL 24.246, and paragraph 16 of Executive Order 1995-6, this is to advise you that the Michigan Office of Administrative Hearings and Rules filed Administrative Rule #2022-001-LR (Secretary of State Filing #22‑02-05) on this date at 3:04 p.m. for the Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs entitled, “Licensing Rules for Child Care Centers.”
These rules take effect immediately upon filing with the Secretary of State unless adopted under section 33, 44, or 45a(9) of the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.233, 24.244, or 24.245a. Rules adopted under these sections become effective 7 days after filing with the Secretary of State.
February 16, 2022
In accordance with the requirements of Section 46 of Act No. 306 of the Public Acts of 1969, being MCL 24.246, and paragraph 16 of Executive Order 1995-6, this is to advise you that the Michigan Office of Administrative Hearings and Rules filed Administrative Rule #2021-017-LR (Secretary of State Filing #22‑02-06) on this date at 11:27 a.m. for the Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs entitled, “Securities.”
These rules take effect immediately upon filing with the Secretary of State unless adopted under section 33, 44, or 45a(9) of the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.233, 24.244, or 24.245a. Rules adopted under these sections become effective 7 days after filing with the Secretary of State.
Sincerely,
Jocelyn Benson
Secretary of State
Sue Sayer, Departmental Supervisor
Office of the Great Seal
The communications were referred to the Secretary for record.
The following communication was received:
Office of Senator Sean McCann
March 8, 2022
I respectfully request that my name be added as a co-sponsor to the following:
• Senate Bill 783, introduced by Senator Bumstead
• Senate Bill 784, introduced by Senator Bumstead
• Senate Bill 846, introduced by Senator Santana
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact my office. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Sincerely,
Sean McCann
State Senator
20th District
The communication was referred
to the Secretary for record.
The following communication was received:
Office of Senator Sylvia Santana
March 10, 2022
Please add my name as co-sponsor of Senate Bill 855. Please feel free to contact my office at senssantana@senate.michigan.gov or 517-373-0990, if you have any questions. I appreciate your attention in this matter.
Respectfully,
Sylvia A. Santana
State Senator
District 3
The communication was referred to the Secretary for record.
House Bill No. 5541
The motion prevailed, a majority of the members serving voting therefor.
Recess
Senator Lauwers moved that the Senate recess subject to the call of the Chair.
The motion prevailed, the time being 10:04 a.m.
The Senate was called to order by the President, Lieutenant Governor Gilchrist.
During the recess, Senator Hollier entered the Senate Chamber.
By unanimous consent the Senate proceeded to the order of
Messages from the House
A bill to amend 1927 PA 372, entitled “An act to regulate and license the selling, purchasing, possessing, and carrying of certain firearms, gas ejecting devices, and electro-muscular disruption devices; to prohibit the buying, selling, or carrying of certain firearms, gas ejecting devices, and electro-muscular disruption devices without a license or other authorization; to provide for the forfeiture of firearms and electro-muscular disruption devices under certain circumstances; to provide for penalties and remedies; to provide immunity from civil liability under certain circumstances; to prescribe the powers and duties of certain state and local agencies; to prohibit certain conduct against individuals who apply for or receive a license to carry a concealed pistol; to make appropriations; to prescribe certain conditions for the appropriations; and to repeal all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act,” by amending sections 5b and 5l (MCL 28.425b and 28.425l), as amended by 2017 PA 95.
The House of Representatives has passed the bill and ordered that it be given immediate effect.
The bill was referred to the Secretary for enrollment printing and presentation to the Governor.
By unanimous consent the Senate proceeded to the order of
General Orders
The motion prevailed, and the President, Lieutenant Governor Gilchrist, designated Senator Theis as Chairperson.
After some time spent therein, the Committee arose; and the President, Lieutenant Governor Gilchrist, having resumed the Chair, the Committee reported back to the Senate, favorably and without amendment, the following bills:
House Bill No. 4127, entitled
A bill to amend 1954 PA 116,
entitled “Michigan election law,” by amending section 510 (MCL 168.510).
A bill to amend 1954 PA 116, entitled “Michigan election law,” by amending section 509bb (MCL 168.509bb), as added by 1994 PA 441.
A bill to amend 1961 PA 236, entitled “Revised judicature act of 1961,” by amending sections 931, 934, and 946 (MCL 600.931, 600.934, and 600.946), section 931 as amended by 2000 PA 86 and section 934 as amended by 2020 PA 369, and by adding section 935.
A bill to make, supplement, and adjust appropriations for various state departments and agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2022; to provide for certain conditions on appropriations; and to provide for the expenditure of the appropriations.
The bills were placed on the order of Third Reading of Bills.
Senate Bill No. 742, entitled
A bill to amend 1976 IL 1, entitled “A petition to initiate legislation to provide for the use of returnable containers for soft drinks, soda water, carbonated natural or mineral water, other nonalcoholic carbonated drink, and for beer, ale, or other malt drink of whatever alcoholic content, and for certain other beverage containers; to provide for the use of unredeemed bottle deposits; to prescribe the powers and duties of certain state agencies and officials; and to prescribe penalties and provide remedies,” (MCL 445.571 to 445.576) by adding sections 4c and 4d.
Substitute (S-2).
Senate Bill No. 279, entitled
A bill to amend 1954 PA 116, entitled “Michigan election law,” by amending sections 730 and 764d (MCL 168.730 and 168.764d), section 730 as amended by 1995 PA 261 and section 764d as added by 2020 PA 95.
Substitute (S-1).
By unanimous consent the Senate returned to the order of
Messages from the House
House Bill No. 4834
The motion prevailed.
By unanimous consent the Senate proceeded to the order of
Introduction and Referral of Bills
A bill to authorize the state administrative board to convey or transfer state-owned property in Kalamazoo County; to prescribe conditions for the conveyance or transfer; to provide for powers and duties of state departments, agencies, and officers in regard to the property; and to provide for disposition of revenue derived from the conveyance.
The bill was read a first and second time by title and
referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
Senators Irwin, Hertel, Wojno, Chang, Bullock, Santana, Polehanki and Bayer introduced
A bill to amend 1961 PA 236, entitled “Revised judicature act of 1961,” by amending section 2946 (MCL 600.2946), as amended by 1995 PA 249.
The bill was read a first and second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Senators Schmidt and Irwin introduced
A bill to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled “The revised school code,” (MCL 380.1 to 380.1852) by adding section 1168a.
The bill was read a first and second time by title and referred to the Committee on Education and Career Readiness.
Senator Bumstead introduced
A bill to amend 1978 PA 472, entitled “An act to regulate political activity; to regulate lobbyists, lobbyist agents, and lobbying activities; to require registration of lobbyists and lobbyist agents; to require the filing of reports; to prescribe the powers and duties of the department of state; to prescribe penalties; and to repeal certain acts and parts of acts,” by amending sections 4, 6a, and 8 (MCL 4.414, 4.416a, and 4.418), section 4 as amended by 2008 PA 289, section 6a as added by 1994 PA 383, and section 8 as amended by 1994 PA 412, and by adding section 19b; and to repeal acts and parts of acts.
The bill was read a first and second time by title and referred to the Committee on Government Operations.
Senators Barrett, Johnson, Theis, Outman, Lauwers, VanderWall, Victory and Wozniak introduced
A bill to amend 2001 PA 142, entitled “Michigan memorial highway act,” (MCL 250.1001 to 250.2092) by adding section 1a.
The bill was read a first and second time by title and referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
A bill to amend 1931 PA 328, entitled “The Michigan penal code,” by amending section 227 (MCL 750.227), as amended by 1986 PA 8.
The House of Representatives has passed the bill and ordered that it be given immediate effect.
The bill was read a first and second time by title and referred to the Committee on Government Operations.
A bill to amend 1967 PA 150, entitled “Michigan military act,” by amending section 182 (MCL 32.582).
The House of Representatives has passed the bill and ordered that it be given immediate effect.
The bill was read a first and second time by title and referred to the Committee on Families, Seniors, and Veterans.
A bill to amend 1994 PA 451, entitled “Natural resources and environmental protection act,” by amending section 40111 (MCL 324.40111), as amended by 2018 PA 272.
The House of Representatives has passed the bill and ordered that it be given immediate effect.
The bill was read a first and second time by title and referred to the Committee on Government Operations.
A bill to amend 1954 PA 116, entitled “Michigan election law,” by amending section 677 (MCL 168.677), as amended by 2018 PA 120.
The House of Representatives has passed the bill and ordered that it be given immediate effect.
The bill was read a first and second time by title and referred
to the Committee on Elections.
A bill to amend 1954 PA 116, entitled “Michigan election law,” by amending sections 730, 731, and 733 (MCL 168.730, 168.731, and 168.733), sections 730 and 731 as amended by 1995 PA 261 and section 733 as amended by 1996 PA 583.
The House of Representatives has passed the bill and ordered that it be given immediate effect.
The bill was read a first and second time by title and referred to the Committee on Elections.
A bill to amend 1976 PA 390, entitled “Emergency management act,” by amending sections 3 and 5 (MCL 30.403 and 30.405), section 3 as amended by 2002 PA 132 and section 5 as amended by 2006 PA 545.
The House of Representatives has passed the bill and ordered that it be given immediate effect.
The bill was read a first and second time by title and referred to the Committee on Government Operations.
A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled “Public health code,” by amending sections 2253 and 2453 (MCL 333.2253 and 333.2453), section 2253 as amended by 2006 PA 157.
The House of Representatives has passed the bill and ordered that it be given immediate effect.
The bill was read a first and second time by title and referred to the Committee on Government Operations.
A bill to amend 1954 PA 116, entitled “Michigan election law,” (MCL 168.1 to 168.992) by adding section 946.
The House of Representatives has passed the bill and ordered that it be given immediate effect.
The bill was read a first and second time by title and referred to the Committee on Elections.
A bill to amend 1954 PA 116, entitled “Michigan election law,” by amending section 759 (MCL 168.759), as amended by 2020 PA 302.
The House of Representatives has passed the bill and ordered that it be given immediate effect.
The bill was read a first and second time by title and referred to the Committee on Elections.
A bill to amend 1954 PA 116, entitled “Michigan election law,” by amending section 759 (MCL 168.759), as amended by 2020 PA 302.
The House of Representatives has passed the bill and ordered that it be given immediate effect.
The bill was read a first and second time by title and referred to the Committee on Elections.
A bill to amend 1936 (Ex Sess) PA 1, entitled “Michigan employment security act,” by amending section 13 (MCL 421.13), as amended by 2012 PA 493.
The House of Representatives has passed the bill and ordered that it be given immediate effect.
The bill was read a first and second time by title and referred to the Committee on Economic and Small Business Development.
A bill to amend 1936 (Ex Sess) PA 1, entitled “Michigan employment security act,” by amending section 9 (MCL 421.9).
The House of Representatives has passed the bill and ordered that it be given immediate effect.
The bill was read a first and second time by title and
referred to the Committee on Economic and Small Business Development.
A bill to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled “The revised school code,” (MCL 380.1 to 380.1852) by adding section 10a.
The House of Representatives has passed the bill and ordered that it be given immediate effect.
The bill was read a first and second time by title and referred to the Committee on Education and Career Readiness.
By unanimous consent the Senate returned to the order of
General Orders
The motion prevailed, and the President, Lieutenant Governor Gilchrist, designated Senator Theis as Chairperson.
After some time spent therein, the Committee arose; and the President, Lieutenant Governor Gilchrist, having resumed the Chair, the Committee reported back to the Senate, favorably and without amendment, the following bill:
House Bill No. 5570, entitled
A bill to amend 2000 PA 403, entitled “Motor fuel tax act,” by amending sections 8 and 152 (MCL 207.1008 and 207.1152), as amended by 2015 PA 176.
The bill was placed on the order of Third Reading of Bills.
By unanimous consent the Senate returned to the order of
Motions and Communications
House Bill No. 5570
The motion prevailed, a majority of the members serving voting therefor.
By unanimous consent the Senate proceeded to the order of
Third Reading of Bills
Senator Lauwers moved that the Senate proceed to consideration of the following bill:
House Bill No. 5570
The motion prevailed.
The following bill was read a third time:
House Bill No. 5570, entitled
A bill to amend 2000 PA 403, entitled “Motor fuel tax act,” by amending sections 8 and 152 (MCL 207.1008 and 207.1152), as amended by 2015 PA 176.
The question being on the passage of the bill,
Senator Geiss offered the following amendment:
1. Amend page 4, following line 21, by inserting:
“(11) A person conducting business within the chain of distribution of energy products must not charge a price that is grossly in excess of the price at which similar products or services are sold or charge an excessively increased price for energy products or services, or offer for sale an energy product or service at an excessively increased price, during or reasonably after a market disruption.
(12) The attorney general may bring an action for appropriate injunctive or other equitable relief and civil fines in the name of the people of this state for a violation of subsection (10) or (11). The court may assess for the benefit of this state a civil fine for each violation of subsection (10) or (11). For an individual, the fine shall not be more than $10,000.00 per violation. For a person other than an individual, the fine shall not be more than $1,000,000.00 per violation.”.
Senator Chang requested the yeas and nays.
The yeas and nays were ordered, 1/5 of the members present voting therefor.
The amendment
was not adopted, a majority of the members serving not voting therefor, as
follows:
Roll Call No. 80 Yeas—16
Alexander Bullock Hollier Moss
Ananich Chang Irwin Polehanki
Bayer Geiss McCann Santana
Brinks Hertel McMorrow Wojno
Nays—22
Barrett Johnson Outman Theis
Bizon LaSata Runestad VanderWall
Bumstead Lauwers Schmidt Victory
Daley MacDonald Shirkey Wozniak
Horn McBroom Stamas Zorn
Huizenga Nesbitt
Excused—0
Not Voting—0
In The Chair: President
Senator Hertel offered the following amendment:
1. Amend page 6, following line 7, by inserting:
“Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect unless Senate Bill No. 314 of the 101st Legislature is enacted into law.”.
Senator Chang requested the yeas and nays.
The yeas and nays were ordered, 1/5 of the members present voting therefor.
The amendment was not adopted, a majority of the members serving not voting therefor, as follows:
Roll Call No. 81 Yeas—16
Alexander Bullock Hollier Moss
Ananich Chang Irwin Polehanki
Bayer Geiss McCann Santana
Brinks Hertel McMorrow Wojno
Nays—22
Barrett Johnson Outman Theis
Bizon LaSata Runestad VanderWall
Bumstead Lauwers Schmidt Victory
Daley MacDonald Shirkey Wozniak
Horn McBroom Stamas Zorn
Huizenga Nesbitt
Excused—0
Not Voting—0
In The Chair: President
Senator Irwin offered the following amendment:
1. Amend page 6, following line 7, by inserting:
“Enacting section 1. This act does not take effect unless the Senate Bill No. 961 of the 101st Legislature is enacted into law.”.
Senator Chang requested the yeas and nays.
The yeas and nays were ordered, 1/5 of the members present voting therefor.
The amendment was not adopted, a majority of the members serving not voting therefor, as follows:
Roll Call No. 82 Yeas—16
Alexander Bullock Hollier Moss
Ananich Chang Irwin Polehanki
Bayer Geiss McCann Santana
Brinks Hertel McMorrow Wojno
Nays—22
Barrett Johnson Outman Theis
Bizon LaSata Runestad VanderWall
Bumstead Lauwers Schmidt Victory
Daley MacDonald Shirkey Wozniak
Horn McBroom Stamas Zorn
Huizenga Nesbitt
Excused—0
Not Voting—0
In The Chair: President
Senator Hertel offered the following amendment:
1. Amend page 4, following line 21, by inserting:
“(11) The legislature shall appropriate sufficient funds to reimburse counties with a population of more than 100,000 according to the most recent federal decennial census for a loss in revenue resulting from a reduction in rate under subsection (1)(d).”.
Senator Chang requested the yeas and nays.
The yeas and nays were ordered, 1/5 of the members present voting therefor.
The amendment was not adopted, a majority of the members serving not voting therefor, as follows:
Roll Call No. 83 Yeas—16
Alexander Bullock Hollier Moss
Ananich Chang Irwin Polehanki
Bayer Geiss McCann Santana
Brinks Hertel McMorrow Wojno
Nays—22
Barrett Johnson Outman Theis
Bizon LaSata Runestad VanderWall
Bumstead Lauwers Schmidt Victory
Daley MacDonald Shirkey Wozniak
Horn McBroom Stamas Zorn
Huizenga Nesbitt
Excused—0
Not Voting—0
In The Chair: President
Senator Hollier offered the following amendment:
1. Amend page 4, following line 21, by inserting:
“(11) The legislature shall appropriate sufficient funds to distribute to each household in this state with adjusted gross income of less than $250,000.00 a gas tax relief check in the amount of $250.00. As used in this subsection, “adjusted gross income” means that term as defined in section 62 of the internal revenue code of 1986, 26 USC 62.”.
Senator Chang requested the yeas and nays.
The yeas and nays were ordered, 1/5 of the members present voting therefor.
The amendment was not adopted, a majority of the members serving not voting therefor, as follows:
Roll Call No. 84 Yeas—16
Alexander Bullock Hollier Moss
Ananich Chang Irwin Polehanki
Bayer Geiss McCann Santana
Brinks Hertel McMorrow Wojno
Nays—22
Barrett Johnson Outman Theis
Bizon LaSata Runestad VanderWall
Bumstead Lauwers Schmidt Victory
Daley MacDonald Shirkey Wozniak
Horn McBroom Stamas Zorn
Huizenga Nesbitt
Excused—0
Not Voting—0
In The Chair: President
The question being on the passage of the bill,
The bill was passed, a majority of the members serving voting therefor, as follows:
Roll Call No. 85 Yeas—24
Barrett Johnson Nesbitt Stamas
Bizon LaSata Outman Theis
Bumstead Lauwers Polehanki VanderWall
Daley MacDonald Runestad Victory
Horn McBroom Schmidt Wozniak
Huizenga McCann Shirkey Zorn
Nays—14
Alexander Bullock Hollier Moss
Ananich Chang Irwin Santana
Bayer Geiss McMorrow Wojno
Brinks Hertel
Excused—0
Not Voting—0
In The Chair: President
Senator Lauwers moved that the bill be given immediate effect.
The motion did not prevail, 2/3 of the members serving not voting therefor.
Pursuant to Joint Rule 20, the full title of the act shall be inserted to read as follows:
“An act to prescribe a tax on the sale and use of certain types of fuel in motor vehicles on the public roads or highways of this state and on certain other types of gas; to prescribe the manner and the time of collection and payment of this tax and the duties of officials and others pertaining to the payment and collection of this tax; to provide for the licensing of persons involved in the sale, use, or transportation of motor fuel and the collection and payment of the tax imposed by this act; to prescribe fees; to prescribe certain other powers and duties of certain state agencies and other persons; to provide for exemptions and refunds and for the disposition of the proceeds of this tax; to provide for appropriations from the proceeds of this tax; to prescribe remedies and penalties for the violation of this act; and to repeal acts and parts of acts,”
The Senate agreed to the full title.
Protests
Senators Chang, Geiss, Ananich, Bayer, Brinks, Santana, Moss, McMorrow, Hertel and Bullock, under their constitutional right of protest (Art. 4, Sec. 18), protested against the passage of House Bill No. 5570.
Senators Chang, Geiss and Ananich moved that the statements they made during the discussion of the bill be printed as their reasons for voting “no.”
The motion prevailed.
Senator Chang’s statement is as follows:
Michiganders and Americans
everywhere are struggling. They have to go to work or drop their kids at school
while gas prices are going up and we absolutely need to provide relief.
Meanwhile, Exxon made $8.9 billion in profits last quarter, BP made $4.15
billion in profits, Shell made $6.4 billion in profits, and Marathon made $649
million in profits. Big oil companies are making giant profits while our residents
are struggling financially due to rising gas prices. We should be targeting
their profits and doing everything we can to make them lower prices.
Let’s be clear. This bill is not the solution. What we instead need to do is pursue a sales tax holiday on top of a federal motor fuel tax holiday which would actually provide greater relief to Michiganders compared to the proposal we are about to vote on. As Michiganders drive where they need to go in our communities, we all know there are potholes everywhere that need to be filled and massive road and bridge projects in our districts and around the state that need to be completed. There are 35,199 good-paying construction jobs at the state and local levels that this bill puts at risk if unobligated Rebuilding Michigan bond projects do not move forward. Those are workers who need to put food on the table for their families and whose livelihoods we will be putting in jeopardy.
Michiganders deserve real solutions that provide real relief at the pump, and good roads and bridges. This bill would instead drastically move us backward on a bridge to nowhere. I urge my colleagues to vote “no.”
Senator Geiss’ statement is as follows:
As we know, or at least most of us know, our residents are hurting, and these inflationary prices across goods and services are driving up the cost of living and driving down the quality of life. All of us here, I think, are looking for ways that would provide real relief to our residents as soon as possible; however, this farce of relief in House Bill No. 5570 is not it. After five failed amendments offered to better this proposal so that we can do the right thing, this is just further proof that House Bill No. 5570 is nothing more than more political posturing and a gimmick. I mean, we couldn’t even get past adopting an amendment for $250 gas-tax-relief checks? Really? This bill does nothing to guarantee that these oil companies, to profit off of the people who are in need of relief, dropping kids off at school, getting to work, going to the pharmacy to pick up their prescription drugs that already cost too much, putting food on the table, and being able to pay the bills.
Real relief would look like putting in place a state sales tax holiday; I agree 100 percent with our colleague from the 1st District. And one that would include hold-harmless protections for the School Aid Fund and the local governments, instead of a Michigan fuel tax holiday that this bill proposes. A state fuel tax holiday would provide temporary relief, maybe, but will halt those 45 currently in-progress or already-scheduled infrastructure projects, one of which I drive through every day coming up here. We need to be providing residents with real relief at the pump, without also creating this budgetary hole that, contrary to what some in the room think, cannot be backfilled and would jeopardize matching federal funds. A state sales tax moratorium, instead, which could be done as quickly as this bill is being foisted upon us, would provide more relief to more people, and faster. Conversely, by halting the projects designed to fix our long-time D‑minus rated crumbling roads and bridges, we are still impacting the costs that the residents who drive will incur in repairing their tires, replacing their tires, repairing their axles, their suspensions, their alignments—costs that exceed any state motor fuel tax holiday.
I mean, sometimes I wonder if the folks who propose these things are actually driving on the same roads that the rest of us are, or maybe you already have those hovercrafts that don’t seem to exist yet. Or a regenerative pot of money where cost and budgeting don’t matter. I wonder if some of the folks who are up here, allegedly representing the people, are not also feeling the pain that their residents are also. I know I am. Who are you, even? Additionally, these oil companies could provide real-time, real relief if they could suppress their inner Gordon Geckos and lower the damn prices that people are paying at the pump. But instead, they’re more apparently interested in putting their record profits, to the tunes of billions of dollars that I’ve spoken about before, and that we just heard our colleague from the 1st District speak about, those billions of dollars before the people who buy their products, who need their products. And that’s not right.
This is why we need to do the right thing, of a combined tactic. A tax holiday that doesn’t negatively impact the necessary road projects, or the jobs that they’ve created, and won’t still impact people’s bottom lines and budgets. So I urge a “no” vote on this bill, and I hope that our colleagues will join me on that, and work towards a sensible proposal that will provide real relief to the very real people that we represent.
Senator Ananich’s statement, in which Senators Bayer, Brinks, Santana, Moss, McMorrow, Hertel and Bullock concurred, is as follows:
There is no question that people all across the state, who we all represent, are feeling pain in their wallet. There’s no question about that. Over the weekend I was at the bar—sorry about that staff for bringing that up—and I was talking to people as I was drinking my boring beer, and person after person suggested that times are a little tough for them right now—that maybe the grocery bills are a little more expensive than they used to be, or maybe the gas is a little more expensive than it used to be.
And I’m very glad that we are talking about relief. I’m glad that the Governor proposed—requesting—that the federal relief at the pump come, along with what I’ve been talking about, the holiday on sales tax, we could have close to 40 or 50 cents per gallon. As prices rise—hopefully they don’t but if they do—you get even more relief. A number of my colleagues suggested support, both privately and publicly today for that concept. The reason why I have some issues with the state sales tax relief is largely because it is dedicated to funding our roads and we know that our roads are in terrible shape—gas tax relief—and the reason that I am suggesting the sales tax is we don’t need to backfill it. It doesn’t go to our pump. I think working on a sales tax relief and encouraging the federal government to relieve the federal gas tax would put real resources in the back of people’s pockets.
I would encourage my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to genuinely work with me on this proposal. And we can help lighten the load for some of our constituents. The stresses that people are feeling are real. We all know that. I would encourage—obviously that’s not the vote we are doing today—but after this is finished, I would ask that you consider working with me on fixing both this problem for families and give substantial relief.
Senators Geiss, Moss, Hertel, Irwin, Hollier, Runestad, McBroom and Shirkey asked and were granted unanimous consent to make statements and moved that the statements be printed in the Journal.
The motion prevailed.
Senator Geiss’ first statement is as follows:
The amendment not only addresses price gouging which we all know is part of why these prices are so high because of the greed that we are seeing as these companies are making record profits, but it also adds in enforcement and penalties—enforcement by the Attorney General, and penalties for conducting such price gouging. I urge that the amendment is taken up and voted on and adopted.
Senator Moss’ statement is as follows:
I wanted to amplify this amendment from the Senator from the 6th District. We actually have legislation—standalone legislation, bipartisan legislation—to go after price gouging here in the state of Michigan. About 30 states around the country have a price gouging law. Among those states is Michigan, but we have the least amount of enforcement in dealing with price gouging around these types of crises. We must give more teeth to the law here in Michigan to go after bad actors who want to profit off human misery and exploit vulnerable people during this crisis which has caused so much pain at the pump. I urge bipartisan support for this amendment.
Senator Hertel’s first statement is as follows:
There is nothing in this bill that guarantees prices go down at the pump after it passes. Right now, oil is under $100 per barrel and we have seen no relief. While the cost of producing oil and barrels have gone down, the prices at our pumps continue to go up. At the very least, if we’re going to do this we should make sure the money that is cut in taxes is returned to the people at the price at the pump. This amendment assures that that happens and I ask you to vote “yes” to assure that gas prices go down along with this bill.
Senator Hertel’s second statement is as follows:
Certainly families are hurting and we all should do what we can to address that, but there is another group of families that have been hurting in Michigan for some time and that is those who were affected negatively by our no-fault laws. These families are struggling. They can’t wait any longer for us to do the right thing and provide them the care that was promised, so I’m going to give you an opportunity. At this point, we know how important it is to Republican leadership in the House and the Senate that this bill gets to the Governor’s desk.
This is an opportunity to assure that those no-fault changes go along with it. It’s a tie-bar. For layman people, for the people watching at home, let me explain to you what a tie-bar means. It means that this bill cannot go into effect—this priority for those who have been holding no-fault reform hostage, protections for these people hostage—this bill cannot go into effect unless no-fault changes go along with it. Many of my colleagues on the other side of the aisle have spoken eloquently about what families are experiencing. Unfortunately, they haven’t been able to talk their own leadership into actually having a vote. This gives you the opportunity, the opportunity to do what is right for these families, the opportunity to say to your leadership that enough is enough. This assures the bills both have to go to the Governor’s desk and means that there is no more blocking this bill any longer.
These families need your support. They don’t need your speeches, they don’t need your promises, they don’t need your Facebook posts, they can’t wait any longer. They need your support. This is your opportunity to do the right thing that you’ve said you wanted to do every single time. This is a vote on whether we should fix this problem for these families. I ask for your “yes” vote.
Senator Irwin’s statement is as follows:
I rise to offer this amendment as it seems like as good a time as any to give my colleagues an opportunity to rectify a problem here in the state of Michigan. Many years ago, a previous Legislature decided that it would be wise for the state of Michigan to take away the rights of every single one of our citizens to sue a drug manufacturer when they create a product that kills them or that hurts them or their loved one. That was bad policy. That policy has resulted in billions and billions of dollars lost to our citizens and I offer up this vote as an opportunity of a first step for the Senate to get on board with fixing this, righting this wrong, restoring the rights of our citizens to have access to justice, access to the courts, and hopefully access to the billions and billions of dollars that we’ve been leaving on the table while we’ve been standing up for drug companies.
Senator Hertel’s third statement is as follows:
For far too often, high-population counties have gotten less money back in road funding every single year because of a formula that is needed to fix it. This bill opens up the ability to give our high-population counties their money back to fix their roads. For example, if you live in Oakland County, this bill would assure an additional $26 million for roads in Oakland County. If you live in Macomb County, it would be $16.5 million; Kent County, $12.5 million; Ottawa, $7 million; Kalamazoo, $5.5 million; Livingston County, $5.5 million; Saginaw, $5 million.
If you’re running for Congress—through you to the other side—if you’re running for Congress somewhere in Ingham County, $5 million; Eaton County, another $3 million; Livingston County, another $5 million; so $13 million there. Monroe County, $4.5 million; Calhoun, $3 million; Allegan, $3.5 million; Bay, $3 million.
This is your chance to vote to put the money back into those communities that have been stolen from for years because of a formula that hurts our counties when it comes to this bill. I know people in Oakland County have talked about this in the past, this formula and what it’s done to our communities, those in Macomb County have, so you have an opportunity to provide the votes to actually give more funding to your districts right now.
Senator Hollier’s statement is as follows:
Today we’re talking about gas tax revenue and if you do some simple math, you’ll understand that we’re talking about $750 million. The average driver spends $150 on gas tax. If we gave people back just this for six months, we’re talking about giving people back $75. I just don’t think that that’s us actually doing something for people if the goal is to do something for people, and I think we should. I think we can. Most people are going to spend $150 in gas tax; we should give them back $250 which means it will actually put money back in their pockets. We’re talking about gas and we’re talking about roads. I don’t know about you but I’ve changed a lot of tires in my household. I just bought the wife a whole new set of four—that’s almost $1,000. The costs of things are so high, and if we’re going to talk about doing something we should say we’re going to do our part to make sure you are better off than we found you. If we’re going to give relief, we should do so. We’re not talking about lowering fuel prices by removing the gas tax. Michiganders and people in this country have committed to pay higher fuel taxes if that means we stop Russia. Sixty‑two percent of Americans say if the price of freedom, if the price to support Ukrainians, people who are fighting for their freedom, is a little bit higher gas and fuel prices, then they’re willing to do that. The best way we can address that is by limiting the sales tax because the sales tax is what hits them on every gallon based on the price that continues to rise up. Not this flat fuel tax. We should change it and we should fix it. I am excited about offering this opportunity to give people back $250 to make a difference in their pockets and in ours, and to say to our people, We as a state will appropriate the dollars necessary to fund this.
Senator Runestad’s statement is as follows:
So, the Democrats now need some kind of political cover because of the public backlash due to the gas price explosion. President Biden is now blaming Russian President Vladimir Putin for causing the increase, calling it Putin’s gas hike. Biden needed someone to blame. First, he blamed the oil industry. Now he blames the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Playing the blame game is the only thing this administration seems to do very well. On February 24, the day President Vladimir Putin announced the military operation in Ukraine, the price per gallon was $3.54 according to AAA’s national average. Gas prices went from $2.19 at the end of the Trump administration to $3.24 shortly after Biden announced the end of the Keystone XL pipeline, oil leases, permits, and promised to end fossil fuel production. When President Biden signed the executive order that he was no longer intending to keep our side of the Keystone bargain, it sent a clear message to the people who actually do the work and who spend the money. A ton of money went into the development of that project. It all stopped. A dead stop.
That sends a message to those who do the investing. Also, there was a video of Biden. It shows him walking over to a lady and shaking her hand and making a solemn promise to end fossil fuels. Kiddo, I want you to take a look into my eyes, Biden said. I guarantee you I am going to end fossil fuels, Biden said. We should put them in jail, when talking about fossil fuels. Biden also endorsed a carbon tax on the American people which will force households to pay much higher gas bills. He endorsed a fracking ban.
It’s very obvious that here in
the Michigan Legislature, we are the ones left holding the bag. We’re the ones
who have to do the cleanup work because of the Biden increases. Now we are here
working on behalf of the working class and the middle class in Michigan to
reduce gas tax, the tax that the Governor herself had asked the feds to do, we
are doing even bigger and better gas tax for the people here in the state of
Michigan, and that is due to, again, these massive increases caused by the
Biden administration.
Senator McBroom’s statement is as follows:
Let’s start off by saying that I love that we’re talking about the opportunity to remove sales tax from gasoline. This has been a long-term problem in this state and something that I’ve talked about fixing for my entire time in the Legislature. So it was really great to hear folks from both sides of the aisle actively endorsing ideas to fix this long-term problem. But the Governor asked for an excise tax relief, that’s what the House has delivered to us, that’s what we have in front of us, here it is. A bird in the hand, as the saying goes.
Being accused of gimmickry for running this bill and then utilizing a series of rejected amendments to somehow validate that allegation is pretty rich. Those amendments themselves were gimmicks. How else can one analyze an amendment to tie-bar a completely unrelated issue to this one? Or an amendment to alter the funding formula in such a way as to stick it to the U.P.? Awe, you guys have been gouging us for years, let’s stick it to them. That is a gimmick. It’s obviously a gimmick, a ploy appealing to the base or instincts of some of my other colleagues.
This formula has been around for decades and has recognized the substantial diversity in population around this state and the impacts that that makes. People in the city want products delivered to them from people in the countryside, that means that people in the countryside have to have roads to get the products to you. Whether its iron ore, whether its nickel, whether its food, whether its oil. Gimmicks, accusing this bill of being a gimmick when you’re going to introduce legislation that says gas stations have to guarantee that they’re actually going reduce prices by that amount? When we just had testimony this morning in our committees, telling us about the absolute lack of profitability there is in the gas sale anyway because the structure of the entire price of fuel is so incredibly overwhelmed by the price of the product itself from the refinery and then all the taxes the state puts on there. And there are all these individual stations all over the place and we heard how if they drop their price by just two cents, how much that impacts, or if they raise by two cents, how much that impacts to the worse. Because people will drive an extra five minutes, or more if you’re in the U.P., to find a gas station that’s two cents cheaper.
So somehow we have to overcomplicate this bill, that’s a gimmick. We heard it this morning, so it’s clearly another gimmick. All this to be said in the midst of a whole discussion that’s tied up in whether we’re going to keep Line 5 open, whether we’re going to pump more oil or not, we’re going to argue about these gimmicks? This is the bird in the hand we have. This is the bill that was asked for. Let’s have an excise tax holiday. Personally, I’m more excited about a sales tax opportunity, and not just a holiday but a permanent fix. But this is what we have now and I encourage a “yes” vote.
Senator Geiss’ second statement is as follows:
Through you to our friend from the 38th Senate District, one of the things we have heard and that many people already know is that many of our gas stations—and yes we did hear from a representative from our gas station owners—their profit is not in their gas but it comes from the other things of convenience that they serve. So those bottles of pop, chips, and coffee, and the other things that—so you get your cup of coffee when you’re on your way to wherever you’re going. That QuikTrip that you need to pick up stuff that you’ve run out of, that’s where they’re making their money. However, the companies that are selling the—
So there was an attempt to make this bill better and those amendments were just criticized so I guess we shouldn’t have done that either. However the point is, if we are going to be coming up with ways to provide relief, the point is that this was not it.
Senator Shirkey’s statement is as follows:
I’d like to follow my friend and colleague from the 27th District to just simply say I cannot wait to finally put a stake in the heart of sales tax on gas and I am anxious to do so.
By unanimous consent the Senate returned to the order of
Messages from the Governor
The following messages from the Governor were received:
Time: 10:00 a.m.
To the President of the Senate:
Sir—I have this day approved and signed
Enrolled Senate Bill No. 412 (Public Act No. 19), being
An act to amend 1939 PA 280, entitled “An act to protect the welfare of the people of this state; to provide general assistance, hospitalization, infirmary and medical care to poor or unfortunate persons; to provide for compliance by this state with the social security act; to provide protection, welfare and services to aged persons, dependent children, the blind, and the permanently and totally disabled; to administer programs and services for the prevention and treatment of delinquency, dependency and neglect of children; to create a state department of social services; to prescribe the powers and duties of the department; to provide for the interstate and intercounty transfer of dependents; to create county and district departments of social services; to create within certain county departments, bureaus of social aid and certain divisions and offices thereunder; to prescribe the powers and duties of the departments, bureaus and officers; to provide for appeals in certain cases; to prescribe the powers and duties of the state department with respect to county and district departments; to prescribe certain duties of certain other state departments, officers, and agencies; to make an appropriation; to prescribe penalties for the violation of the provisions of this act; and to repeal certain parts of this act on specific dates,” by amending section 109h (MCL 400.109h), as added by 2004 PA 248.
(Filed with the Secretary of State on March 10, 2022, at 11:14 a.m.)
Time: 10:02 a.m.
To the President of the Senate:
Sir—I have this day approved and signed
Enrolled Senate Bill No. 129 (Public Act No. 20), being
An act to amend 1897 PA 230, entitled “An act to provide for the formation of corporations for the purpose of owning, maintaining and improving lands and other property kept for the purposes of summer resorts or for ornament, recreation or amusement, and to repeal all laws or parts of laws in conflict herewith; and to impose certain duties on the department of commerce,” by amending the title and sections 3, 9, 10, and 23 (MCL 455.3, 455.9, 455.10, and 455.23), the title and section 3 as amended by 1982 PA 117.
(Filed with the Secretary of State on March 10, 2022, at 11:16 a.m.)
Respectfully,
Gretchen Whitmer
Governor
Announcements of Printing and Enrollment
House Bill Nos. 4003 4065 4078 4876 4897 5187 5188 5253 5268 5288 5555 5664 5703
The Secretary announced the enrollment printing and presentation to the Governor on Thursday, March 10, for her approval the following bills:
Enrolled Senate Bill No. 246 at 11:40 a.m.
Enrolled Senate Bill No. 435 at 11:42 a.m.
The Secretary announced that the following bills, joint resolution, and resolution were printed and filed on Thursday, March 10, and are available on the Michigan Legislature website:
Senate Bill No. 959
Senate Joint Resolution N
Senate Resolution No. 116
House Bill Nos. 5890 5891 5892 5893 5894 5895 5896 5897 5898 5899
Committee Reports
The Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety reported
House Bill No. 5274, entitled
A bill to amend 1975 PA 238, entitled “Child protection law,” by amending section 8 (MCL 722.628), as amended by 2016 PA 491.
With the recommendation that the substitute (S-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
The committee further recommends that the bill be given immediate effect.
Roger Victory
Chairperson
To Report Out:
Yeas: Senators Victory, VanderWall, Barrett, Johnson, Runestad, Wozniak, Chang and Irwin
Nays: None
The bill and the substitute
recommended by the committee were referred to the Committee of the Whole.
The Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety reported
House Bill No. 5275, entitled
A bill to amend 1975 PA 238, entitled “Child protection law,” by amending section 7j (MCL 722.627j), as amended by 2010 PA 81.
With the recommendation that the substitute (S-2) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
The committee further recommends that the bill be given immediate effect.
Roger Victory
Chairperson
To Report Out:
Yeas: Senators Victory, VanderWall, Barrett, Johnson, Runestad, Wozniak, Chang and Irwin
Nays: None
The bill and the substitute recommended by the committee were referred to the Committee of the Whole.
The Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety reported
House Bill No. 5276, entitled
A bill to amend 1975 PA 238, entitled “Child protection law,” by amending sections 5, 7d, 7e, 7g, 8b, 8d, 9a, and 18 (MCL 722.625, 722.627d, 722.627e, 722.627g, 722.628b, 722.628d, 722.629a, and 722.638), section 5 as amended by 2004 PA 563, sections 7d, 7e, 7g, and 9a as added by 1998 PA 428, section 8b as amended by 2006 PA 263, section 8d as amended by 2014 PA 30, and section 18 as amended by 2018 PA 59.
With the recommendation that the substitute (S-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
The committee further recommends that the bill be given immediate effect.
Roger Victory
Chairperson
To Report Out:
Yeas: Senators Victory, VanderWall, Barrett, Johnson, Runestad, Wozniak, Chang and Irwin
Nays: None
The bill and the substitute recommended by the committee were referred to the Committee of the Whole.
The Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety reported
House Bill No. 5277, entitled
A bill to amend 1975 PA 238, entitled “Child protection law,” by amending section 2 (MCL 722.622), as amended by 2018 PA 59.
With the recommendation that the substitute (S-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
The committee further recommends that the bill be given immediate effect.
Roger Victory
Chairperson
To Report Out:
Yeas: Senators Victory, VanderWall, Barrett, Johnson, Runestad, Wozniak, Chang and Irwin
Nays: None
The bill and the substitute recommended by the committee were referred to the Committee of the Whole.
The Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety reported
House Bill No. 5278, entitled
A bill to amend 1975 PA 238, entitled “Child protection law,” by amending section 7 (MCL 722.627), as amended by 2018 PA 56.
With the recommendation that the bill pass.
The committee further recommends that the bill be given immediate effect.
Roger Victory
Chairperson
To Report Out:
Yeas: Senators Victory, VanderWall, Barrett, Johnson, Runestad, Wozniak, Chang and Irwin
Nays: None
The bill was referred to the Committee of the Whole.
The Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety reported
House Bill No. 5279, entitled
A bill to amend 1973 PA 116, entitled “An act to provide for the protection of children through the licensing and regulation of child care organizations; to provide for the establishment of standards of care for child care organizations; to prescribe powers and duties of certain departments of this state and adoption facilitators; to provide penalties; and to repeal acts and parts of acts,” by amending section 10 (MCL 722.120), as amended by 2019 PA 94.
With the recommendation that the bill pass.
The committee further recommends that the bill be given immediate effect.
Roger Victory
Chairperson
To Report Out:
Yeas: Senators Victory, VanderWall, Barrett, Johnson, Runestad, Wozniak, Chang and Irwin
Nays: None
The bill was referred to the Committee of the Whole.
The Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety reported
House Bill No. 5280, entitled
A bill to amend 1973 PA 116, entitled “An act to provide for the protection of children through the licensing and regulation of child care organizations; to provide for the establishment of standards of care for child care organizations; to prescribe powers and duties of certain departments of this state and adoption facilitators; to provide penalties; and to repeal acts and parts of acts,” by amending section 1 (MCL 722.111), as amended by 2020 PA 6.
With the recommendation that the bill pass.
The committee further recommends that the bill be given immediate effect.
Roger Victory
Chairperson
To Report Out:
Yeas: Senators Victory, VanderWall, Barrett, Johnson, Runestad, Wozniak, Chang and Irwin
Nays: None
The bill was referred to the Committee of the Whole.
The Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety reported
House Bill No. 5534, entitled
A bill to amend 1973 PA 116, entitled “An act to provide for the protection of children through the licensing and regulation of child care organizations; to provide for the establishment of standards of care for child care organizations; to prescribe powers and duties of certain departments of this state and adoption facilitators; to provide penalties; and to repeal acts and parts of acts,” by amending section 9 (MCL 722.119), as amended by 2017 PA 257.
With the recommendation that the bill pass.
The committee further recommends that the bill be given immediate effect.
Roger Victory
Chairperson
To Report Out:
Yeas: Senators Victory, VanderWall, Barrett, Johnson, Runestad, Wozniak, Chang and Irwin
Nays: None
The bill was referred to the Committee of the Whole.
The Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety reported
House Bill No. 5541, entitled
A bill to amend 1961 PA 236, entitled “Revised judicature act of 1961,” by amending sections 931, 934, and 946 (MCL 600.931, 600.934, and 600.946), section 931 as amended by 2000 PA 86 and section 934 as amended by 2020 PA 369, and by adding section 935.
With the recommendation that the bill pass.
The committee further recommends that the bill be given immediate effect.
Roger Victory
Chairperson
To Report Out:
Yeas: Senators Victory, VanderWall, Barrett, Wozniak, Chang and Irwin
Nays: None
The bill was referred to the
Committee of the Whole.
The Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety reported
House Bill No. 5594, entitled
A bill to amend 1975 PA 238, entitled “Child protection law,” (MCL 722.621 to 722.638) by adding section 7l.
With the recommendation that the substitute (S-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
The committee further recommends that the bill be given immediate effect.
Roger Victory
Chairperson
To Report Out:
Yeas: Senators Victory, VanderWall, Barrett, Johnson, Runestad, Wozniak, Chang and Irwin
Nays: None
The bill and the substitute recommended by the committee were referred to the Committee of the Whole.
COMMITTEE ATTENDANCE REPORT
The Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety submitted the following:
Meeting held on Thursday, March 10, 2022, at 8:30 a.m., Room 1100, Binsfeld Office Building
Present: Senators Victory (C), VanderWall, Barrett, Johnson, Runestad, Wozniak, Chang and Irwin
The Committee on Health Policy and Human Services reported
House Bill No. 4880, entitled
A bill to amend 1975 PA 238, entitled “Child protection law,” by amending section 3 (MCL 722.623), as amended by 2016 PA 35.
With the recommendation that the bill pass.
The committee further recommends that the bill be given immediate effect.
Curtis S. VanderWall
Chairperson
To Report Out:
Yeas: Senators VanderWall, Bizon, Johnson, LaSata, MacDonald, Theis, Brinks, Hertel, Santana and Wojno
Nays: None
The bill was referred to the Committee of the Whole.
COMMITTEE ATTENDANCE REPORT
The Committee on Health Policy and Human Services submitted the following:
Meeting held on Thursday, March 10, 2022, at 1:00 p.m., Room 1100, Binsfeld Office Building
Present: Senators VanderWall (C), Bizon, Johnson, LaSata, MacDonald, Theis, Brinks, Hertel, Santana and Wojno
COMMITTEE ATTENDANCE REPORT
The Appropriations Subcommittee on K-12 and Michigan Department of Education submitted the following:
Meeting held on Thursday, March 10, 2022, at 9:00 a.m., Harry T. Gast Appropriations Room, 3rd Floor, Capitol Building
Present: Senators Schmidt (C), Outman, Bumstead, Daley, Theis, Bayer and Polehanki
COMMITTEE ATTENDANCE REPORT
The Appropriations Subcommittee on Military and Veterans Affairs/State Police submitted the following:
Meeting held on Thursday, March 10, 2022, at 1:00 p.m., Room 1300, Binsfeld Office Building
Present: Senators Barrett (C) and Runestad
Excused:
Senator Hollier
COMMITTEE ATTENDANCE REPORT
The Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture and Rural Development submitted the following:
Meeting held on Thursday, March 10, 2022, at 3:00 p.m., Room 1300, Binsfeld Office Building
Present: Senators Victory (C), Daley and McCann
Appropriations –
Subcommittees –
Agriculture and Rural Development – Thursday, March 17, 3:00 p.m., Room 1300, Binsfeld Office Building (517) 373-2768
Community Health/Human Services – Wednesday, March 16, 12:30 p.m., Harry T. Gast Appropriations Room, 3rd Floor, Capitol Building (517) 373-2768
Corrections and Judiciary – Wednesdays, March 16 and March 23, 11:30 a.m., or immediately following session, Room 1300, Binsfeld Office Building (517) 373-2768
General Government – Wednesdays, March 16 and March 23, 3:00 p.m., Harry T. Gast Appropriations Room, 3rd Floor, Capitol Building (517) 373-2768
K-12 and Michigan Department of Education – Thursday, March 24, 9:00 a.m., Harry T. Gast Appropriations Room, 3rd Floor, Capitol Building (517) 373-2768
Licensing and Regulatory Affairs/Insurance and Financial Services – Thursdays, March 17, 12:00 noon, and March 24, 8:30 a.m., Room 1300, Binsfeld Office Building (517) 373-2768
Natural Resources and Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy – Tuesday, March 22, 3:00 p.m., Room 1100, Binsfeld Office Building (517) 373-2768
Universities and Community Colleges – Thursday, March 17, 3:00 p.m., Harry T. Gast Appropriations Room, 3rd Floor, Capitol Building (517) 373-2768
Economic and Small Business Development – Thursday, March 17, 12:00 noon, Room 1200, Binsfeld Office Building (517) 373-1721
Health Policy and Human Services – Thursday, March 17, 1:00 p.m., Room 1100, Binsfeld Office Building (517) 373-5323
Natural Resources – Wednesday, March 16, 8:30 a.m., Room 1300, Binsfeld Office Building (517) 373‑5312
Senator Lauwers moved that the Senate adjourn.
The motion prevailed, the time being 12:23 p.m.
The President, Lieutenant Governor Gilchrist, declared the Senate adjourned until Wednesday, March 16, 2022, at 10:00 a.m.
MARGARET O’BRIEN
Secretary of the Senate